Results
Post-match reports and analysis from across Europe's top leagues.
Post-match reports and analysis from across Europe's top leagues.
ELV
KARElversberg's defensive structure and superior goal difference tell a clear story about where these two 2. Bundesliga sides currently sit. The underlying numbers explain why the gap between fourth and eighth feels larger than four places suggest.
Inter
CagliariInter confirmed their status as Serie A's dominant force with a commanding performance against a Cagliari side that has been leaking goals all season. The structure and build-up play told the real story.
RIO
AVSRio Ave and AVS sit at opposite ends of the Liga Portugal table for reasons that go well beyond results, and the underlying numbers tell a story that most match reports will miss completely.
KVC
CharleroiCharleroi arrived at Westerlo sitting fourth in the Belgian Pro League with a goal difference that tells a more complicated story than their position suggests. This is a match worth unpacking carefully.
Lens
ToulouseLens hosted Toulouse at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with the gulf in league position telling only part of the story. The underlying structure of both sides reveals why this fixture is more instructive than it first appears.
GAK
RIERied arrived at Grazer AK as league leaders and left with their position at the summit intact, but the underlying numbers from this Austrian Bundesliga encounter reveal a contest far more complicated than the table suggests.
SochauxSochaux travelled to Versailles and produced exactly the kind of performance their league position demands, reinforcing why they sit second in Ligue 2 with the division's most clinical attack.
Valenciennes arrive at Quevilly carrying the underlying indicators of a side with genuine top-half ambitions, while the home side's defensive record raises structural questions that go well beyond a bad run of form.
PAL
AVEPalermo's meeting with Avellino at the Renzo Barbera offered another chapter in what has been a compelling Serie B season, with the numbers behind both sides telling a story worth unpacking carefully.
Caen
Stade BriochinCaen hosted Stade Briochin in Ligue 2 with the hosts sitting ninth and their visitors propping up the lower reaches in seventeenth. The gap in defensive records between these two sides was always going to be the defining thread of this fixture.
ETT
QADAl-Qadsiah's superior goal difference and clinical attacking build-up proved the difference against an Al Ettifaq side whose underlying defensive numbers tell a concerning story. This was not a surprise result when you look at what the data actually shows.
RIY
SHBAl Shabab's superior defensive organisation proved the decisive factor against an Al Riyadh side whose season-long structural problems at the back continued to undermine any attacking intent they could muster.
Arminia Bielefe
SVDDarmstadt 98 arrived at Bielefeld as the side with the sharper attacking record and a tighter defence, and the context of both clubs' seasons made this a genuinely interesting fixture to unpick. Here is what the data tells us about where these two sides stand.
EIB
AD Ceuta FCSD Eibar and AD Ceuta FC played out a fixture that, on the surface, looked like a straightforward La Liga 2 encounter, but the underlying numbers reveal a much more interesting story about two clubs with very different identities this season.
GRF
SC Paderborn 07SC Paderborn 07 sit second in the 2. Bundesliga with the division's most potent attacking record, and their visit to Greuther Fürth only deepened the contrast between a side building something real and a side trying to survive.
GKS Katowice
WISGKS Katowice hosted Wisła Płock in a Polish Ekstraklasa fixture that brought two sides with contrasting underlying profiles into direct competition. The interesting thing is what the seasonal data tells us about how this match was likely to unfold.
Union Berlin
FC St. PauliUnion Berlin hosted FC St. Pauli at Stadion An der Alten Försterei in a Bundesliga meeting between two sides separated by five league positions but united by a shared defensive fragility. Here is what the numbers tell us, and what they leave unsaid.
